EV2455 - Ecosystem Health
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
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This subject examines the relationship between natural system health and human well-being. In particular, we will first investigate the models and institutional approaches for managing ecosystems, with an emphasis on health indicators, monitoring and evaluation of system trends. Further, the ecosystem services on which human societies depend will be used as examples of linkages across human and ecological systems. These services include nitrogen and carbon cycling, water regulation, waste treatment, pest and disease control, and cultural sustainability. Lectures are complemented by field and lab practicals focused on critical thinking about environmental issues.
Learning Outcomes
- to develop an ability to think critically about environmental problems;
- to develop skills in field-based hypothesis testing;
- to gain a general understanding of the major physical processes of ecosystems and an in-depth understanding of the primary ecological processes occurring in marine and terrestrial systems;
- to gain an appreciation for the inter-dependent nature of natural processes.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
- The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information.
| Prerequisites: | Any level 1 EV or GE subject |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | GE2455 |
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| Census Date 31-Aug-2005 | |
| Coord/Lect: | jc127866. |
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| Assessment: | (50%); (50%). |
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